Galaxy M81 seen by a visible-light telescope

Welcome to the education site of the National Virtual Observatory!

Revolutionary: The NVO is a revolutionary new astronomy project. NVO partners are developing a set of online tools to link all the world's astronomy data together, giving people all over the world easy access to data from many different instruments, at all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to gamma rays.

This site: This site is a gateway to education and public outreach resources from the NVO. Rather than creating new materials from scratch, the NVO team partners with existing educational programs so that astronomical data can be used by students, teachers, and the public.

Navigating the site: Click one of the buttons above to find out how the NVO and its education and outreach partners can help you. To find out more about how what the NVO is, click one of the links on the left. To search the site or contact the NVO outreach staff, use one of the links below.

M81 image courtesy of Jonathan Irwin, DSS2